"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.